AA MINORITY REPORT 2013

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Time to grow up perhaps!

"Cult
behavior reflects the wish for a loving, accepting sibling group that
is protected and cherished by a powerful, omnipotent parent. The
problem with such a wish and its accompanying fantasy is that no
human being can fill the role of the superparent, and adults can
never again be children. To preserve the fantasy, reality must be
distorted, because of .this distortion, cult behavior results in a
loss of realism. In the more extreme cases, the consequences can be
drastic. Diminished realism is a problem in any situation, however,
and for this reason, cult behavior is costly no matter where it takes
place: affecting business decisions, governmental deliberations,
day-to-day relationships in the community, or the practice of
psychotherapy. Fortunately, awareness of these cult behaviors offers
protection from their influence. Psychotherapists can foster that
awareness, benefiting patients, themselves, and society. "http://www.deikman.com/former.html

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aacultwatch

aacultwatch has been set up by members of Alcoholics Anonymous who are concerned about the development of a movement within the Fellowship that we refer to as a cult.

It is our view that this cult has as its aims the control of AA in Great Britain and the promulgation of its own version of the recovery programme that is both a corruption of the message and the spirit of the Fellowship.

Our aim is to raise awareness of this threat and encourage members to act according to their conscience to marginalize this movement. Local members are in the best position to judge what should be done in their area but already some experience has been gained in the Fellowship on how to respond to this malign influence, and some of these ideas are also presented on the blog.

Finally we seek to restore AA to a healthily disorganised state where no faction within the Fellowship may seek to impose its will upon the rest, and that the rights of the individual are always upheld. For those AA members who are interested in supporting us in our efforts we can be contacted via our email address above